Tuesday 31 May 2011

Argentina soccer: Drug tests not needed in 1993 (AP)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)—Argentina’s soccer federation says it was not required to have drug testing for a 1993 World Cup playoff against Australia.

Former national coach Diego Maradona said last week in a TV interview that Argentine players were given “speedy coffee” to perform better, and that FIFA Vice President Julio Grondona did away with doping controls for the games.

FILE - This Nov. 4, 2008, file photo shows Diego Maradona, left, and Julio Grondona, the head of the Argentine Football Association, during a news conference at the Argentine Football Association in Buenos Aires. Maradona says Argentina players took banned drugs before a qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup. He accuses Grondona, of being in on the scheme. Maradona said Monday, May 23, 2011, on television that Grondona had to know all about it. Grondona had no immediate comment. FILE - This Nov. 4, 2008, file…
AP - May 23, 10:12 am EDT

Tuesday’s statement by the Argentine Football Association was its first in writing since Maradona’s remarks. The statement did not address the comment about stimulants.

The federation said doping tests at the time were required only for the World Cup itself. It said all Argentines involved followed the rules “to the letter of the law.”




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